In 1997, the
danced show "R&G
sin tiempo"
inspired to Romeo and Juliet of William Shakespeare,
created and coreographied by maestro Alejandro
Aquino, was
performed in the Parco della Bissuola .
In 1995 Alfredo Mujica e Miguel Angel Garcia presented a
conference in Venice at Scuola dei Calegheri. The subject
discussed by Mujica was "Tango in the works of
eight interpreters. Villoldo, Contursi, Arolas, Gardel,
De Caro, Discepolo, Pugliese, Piazzolla" while
Garcia spoke of "Death and rebirth of Tango in
modern Argentina".
In 1996, in collaboration with the Architecture
University Institute of Venice, a conference on the
subject "The roots of tango in the metropolis area"
with Alfredo Mujica and Miguel Angel Garcia as narrators
was presented. Between January and March 2000, a series
of meetings on Astor Piazzolla's music with maestro
Mirko Schipilliti on topics: Argentina in the first half
'900, Astor Piazzolla between tradition and innovation;
form and contents in Piazzolla's music; interpretative
style, strumental and executional aspects of Piazzolla's
music.
Meri Lao presented in 1996 her book "T like
Tango" published by Melusina at Palestra
dell'Avogaria .
Since 1994 Liber t a n g o-Venice has given birth, for
the first time in Italy, to a yearly appointment that
brings together in a great Galą all national and
international tango associations. The gathering usually takes
place in a historic Venetian palace between 25th April
and 1st May. On the last Galą held April 29, 2000 at Ca'
Tron, a palace on the Canal Grande of a particular fascination
and beauty, "Liber t a n g o", wanted to give
full expression to its nature of cultural association by
joining others forms of artistic expressions. Pino Ninfa,
national renowned photographer of cultural events and
musicals, documented the "Annual Gran Galą" at
Ca' Tron with a photo-reportage : a day with "Liber
t a n g o". Part of the pictures taken were used to
realize this website. You can find them in their original
form, seen through Ninfa's lens, in the gallery. |
